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Natural disasters. Deep social divisions. Most people would say 2017 wasn't a good year. But Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says 2017 was "an awesome year" for global health and U.S. education. We hear why on this episode of the GeekWire podcast. Follow all our coverage and read more about this week's stories at GeekWire.com
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